Material culture books

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Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices

Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and...

Author: Kerstin Pinther ,  Kristin Kastner
ISBN: 9781350179523
Format: Hardback
$180.00

“A revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history.” – Shane White With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa,...  Read More >>

How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and Albums

How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information:...

Author: Jillian M. Hess (Associate Professor of English, Bronx Community College, City University of New York)
ISBN: 9780192896070
Format: Paperback
$44.95

This volume studies an important manuscript form of nineteenth-century England: the commonplace book and its descendent,...  Read More >>

How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and Albums

How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information:...

Author: Jillian M. Hess (Associate Professor of English, Bronx Community College, City University of New York)
ISBN: 9780192895318
Format: Hardback
$161.95

This volume studies an important manuscript form of nineteenth-century England: the commonplace book and its descendent,...  Read More >>

Victorian Material Culture

Victorian Material Culture

Author: Victoria Mills (Cambridge University, UK) ,  Kate Nichols
ISBN: 9781138225329
Format: Hardback
$242.00

This collection brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material and culture. This volume on ‘Victorian...  Read More >>

Victorian Material Culture

Victorian Material Culture

Author: Tatiana Kontou ,  Kara Tennant
ISBN: 9781138225381
Format: Hardback
$242.00

From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this 6-volume collection will be of interest...  Read More >>

Victorian Material Culture

Victorian Material Culture

Author: Boris Jardine ,  Josh Nall
ISBN: 9781138225282
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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Victorian Material Culture

Victorian Material Culture

Author: Deborah Wynne ,  Louisa Yates
ISBN: 9781138225374
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity

Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity

Author: Sara Hume (Kent State University Museum, USA)
ISBN: 9781350147980
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Traditional dress is a common phenomenon across much of Western Europe, often originating in elaborate practices...  Read More >>

Victorian Material Culture

Victorian Material Culture

Author: Tatiana Kontou (School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK) ,  Victoria Mills (Cambridge University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138225268
Format: Mixed media product
$1260.00

From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection brings together...  Read More >>

Scotland Yard's History of Crime in 100 Objects

Scotland Yard's History of Crime in 100 Objects

Author: Alan Moss ,  Keith Skinner
ISBN: 9780750998635
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The secrets of Scotland Yard's famous Crime Museum revealed  Read More >>

Prêt-à-Porter, Paris and Women: A Cultural Study of French Readymade Fashion, 1945-68

Prêt-à-Porter, Paris and Women: A Cultural Study of...

Author: Alexis Romano (Independent Scholar, USA)
ISBN: 9781350126190
Format: Hardback
$160.00

In the first critical history of French ready-made fashion, Alexis Romano examines an array of cultural sources,...  Read More >>

Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums

Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums...

Author: Angela Stienne
ISBN: 9781526161895
Format: Hardback
$51.75

Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums....  Read More >>

Nabokov in Motion: Modernity and Movement

Nabokov in Motion: Modernity and Movement

Author: Professor Yuri Leving (Princeton University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501386534
Format: Hardback
$180.00

"An ""eclectic study of the seismic cultural and technological shifts of the early 20th century and their impact...  Read More >>

Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies: Perspectives from UCL Anthropology

Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies:...

Author: Timothy Carroll ,  Antonia Walford
ISBN: 9780367652814
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of UCL Anthropology....  Read More >>

Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe

Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe

Author: Suzanne L. Marchand
ISBN: 9780691204239
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present  Porcelain was...  Read More >>

Thinghood, Ethics, and Black Material Culture: Up From Chattels

Thinghood, Ethics, and Black Material Culture: Up From...

Author: Sandy Alexandre
ISBN: 9781138934757
Format: Hardback
$396.00

"This study looks at the role that fictional and actual material things play in black-American literature and culture....  Read More >>

Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects

Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in...

Author: Toby Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781529045888
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the moment that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon broke open...  Read More >>

Perfume

Perfume

Author: Megan Volpert (Independent Scholar, Freelance Writer, USA)
ISBN: 9781501367144
Format: Paperback
$19.99

"""A cultural and philosophical exploration of the art, science, and business of perfume""--"  Read More >>

Fashion in Altermodern China

Fashion in Altermodern China

Author: Feng Jie
ISBN: 9781350200067
Format: Hardback
$160.00

Fashion in Altermodern China examines key features of women’s fashion within the cultural and political context...  Read More >>

Mudlark’d: Hidden Histories from the River Thames

Mudlark’d: Hidden Histories from the River Thames

Author: Malcolm Russell
ISBN: 9780691235783
Format: Hardback
$92.40

A captivating history of London as told through objects recovered from the muddy banks of the Thames and the lives...  Read More >>

Domestic Space in France and Belgium: Art, Literature and Design, 1850-1920

Domestic Space in France and Belgium: Art, Literature...

Author: Claire Moran (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
ISBN: 9781501341694
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Domestic Space in France and Belgium offers a new addition to the growing body of work in Interior Studies. Focused...  Read More >>

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